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World History HISTORY OF MODERN CIVILIZATIONS
About Modern Civilizations
Course is a survey of the political, economic, social,
and cultural development of world civilizations from
the rise of the West in the mid fifteenth century to
the present day. Topics include the European
voyages of exploration and expansion, Africa and
the transatlantic slave trade, Protestant and Catholic
Reformations, the Islamic empires, China and Japan
in the age of global expansion, French and industrial
revolutions, World War I and II, the Cold War, and
globalization.
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